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Virus findings ‘not strong enough’ to affect strategy

A recent study that suggests the H7N9 avian influenza virus may be highly transmissible among humans is not strong enough to lead to any changes in the current H7N9 epidemic intervention strategy, said a senior Chinese...

29 July, 2013

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Mers virus in S. Arabia poses threat to hospitals

The deadly Mers coronavirus that has emerged in Saudi Arabia poses a threat to hospitals because it spreads rapidly and carries a high mortality rate, according to a study out on Thursday. An international team of...

29 July, 2013

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It’s only a virus

“It’s only a virus.” How often do GPs utter those words over the course of a working day? They mean, of course, that your symptoms are mild, non-specific, and don’t warrant any treatment. If you just go home and rest...

23 July, 2013

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HPV implicated in one third of throat cancer cases, but vaccines may help

The human papillomavirus, which was known to cause many cases of cervical cancer, is now strongly associated with throat cancers. Luckily, evidence shows that vaccines could prevent the cancers from developing. Michael...

22 July, 2013

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Polio virus detected in Israel’s wastewater, WHO confirms

The polio virus was detected in 30 sewage samples in Israel, the World Health Organization confirmed, spurring Israel to step up its vaccination efforts. The samples from 10 sites in Israel were mostly from the southern...

22 July, 2013

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Children help researchers solve malaria vaccine puzzle

Australian researchers have found promising new targets for a vaccine to prevent malaria, a disease that kills more than 600,000 people every year. Researchers at Melbourne’s Burnet Institute and the Papua New...

22 July, 2013

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An AIDS-free generation is closer than we might think

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the US-based National Institutes of Health Dr Anthony Fauci has said that thirteen countries receiving U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS...

22 July, 2013

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Study says H7N9 could spark global flu outbreak

The H7N9 avian influenza virus responsible for at least 37 deaths in China has traits that could result in a global outbreak of influenza, according to a study published on Wednesday in Nature. An international research...

16 July, 2013

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New research shows promise towards development of adenovirus vaccine

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have found two compounds, out of a national database of 140,000, that show promise for the development of a vaccine against human adenovirus...

16 July, 2013

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HIV patients apparently virus-free, off antiretroviral drugs

Two HIV-infected men who had bone marrow transplants to treat their blood cancers have stopped taking their anti¬retroviral drugs and still show no sign of the virus, according to research released Wednesday that...

16 July, 2013

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